Tirumaalai aRivOm-18

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SrI:

 

Dear SrIvaishnavas,

 

(17)

 

virumpinin REththa mATTEn

 

vithiyilEn mathiyon Rillai,

 

irumpupOl valiya nenjam

 

iRaiyiRai yurugum vaNNam

 

surumbamar sOlai soozhntha

 

arangamA kOyil koNda,

 

karumpinaik kaNdu koNdEn

 

kaNNiNai kaLikku mARE!

 

 

 

It is similar to a poor person assured of great dishes (pAyasam) forever that

people with no credits being blessed with the fortune of seeing SriranganAthan.

Although the mind, speech and body do not engage in bhagavat vishayam, the

iron-like tough heart has started melting when the eyes saw Srirangan. It is

amazing that even the eyes could hear and taste when it comes to bhagavat

vishayam.

 

 

 

(virumbi ninRu . valiya nenjam) : I do not praise You from the base of my heart;

My hands and body are not prostrating you; my heart is tougher than iron.

Earlier the heart was like iron metal. As I was not indulging in good deeds, it

has become tougher than that metal.

 

 

 

(iRaiyiRai urugum vaNNam) : Even iron can be melted. But the heart is harder

than that metal. Such a heart is gradually melting after seeing sriranganatha.

 

 

 

(surumbamar sOlai soozhntha mA arangam) : Great Srirangam is surrounded by

beautiful gardens and is the promising haven for beetles.

 

 

 

(kOil koNDa karumbinaik kaNDu koNDEn) : Upanishads extol Him as 'rasO vai sa:' -

He is full of rasam. Here Azhwar calls Him as sugarcane, instead of 'comparing

Him' to sugarcane.

 

 

 

(kaNNiNai kaLikkum ARu) : Even the eyes hear to the harmonious music of the

beetles and taste the sugarcane-juice like Sriranganatha. It is amazing that the

intellect has become subservient to the eyes.

 

 

 

sAram of the pAsuram : Even the eyes are enjoying the music of beetles and taste

of the sweet juicy Sriranganatha, which make the tough heart to melt gradually.

 

 

 

dAsan